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Alaska wildfires have already burned 1 million acres, crossing that threshold earlier in the summer than in any summer in recent decades.

“The real solution is to change the axial tilt of the earth,” climatologist Brian Brettschneider said. But Congress can’t do that.

Climatologist Brian Brettschneider says the Chinook event in Anchorage is not to be confused with a Pineapple Express, or the atmospheric river that slammed Southeast.

Alaska’s Christmas storm of 2021 has caused chaos in Interior Alaska, as well as some climatological phenomena of interest across the state.

The cold has set in across most of Alaska and set daily record lows in places like Homer, King Salmon and Bethel.

A proverbial “fire hose” of moisture hit parts of Southcentral Alaska over the past several days, causing flooding in places like Girdwood and a landslide that closed the Sterling Highway.

Alaskans shouldn’t read too much into the early season cold temperatures and snowfall.

Brettschneider says defining “termination dust” is important for building a historical record, like we have for green-up.

Parts of Western Alaska recently saw their wettest month on record, and forecasters are expecting an atmospheric river to soak Southeast.

This summer has been one of the colder summers the region has had in the last few years. But when compared with summers over the last several decades, it’s still among the hottest.